रुचिर रसना तू राम राम राम क्यों न रटत। सुमिरत सुख-सुकृत बढ़त, अघ-अमंगल घटत॥ १॥ बिनु श्रम कलि-कलुषजाल कटु कराल कटत। दिनकरके उदय जैसे तिमिर-तोम फटत॥ २॥ जोग, जाग, जप, बिराग, तप, सुतीरथ-अटत। बाँधिबेको भव-गयंद रेनुकी रजु बटत॥ ३॥ परिहरि सुर-मनि सुनाम, गुंजा लखि लटत। लालच लघु तेरो लखि, तुलसि तोहि हटत॥ ४॥
Lovely tongue, why do you not repeat ‘Rama, Rama, Rama’? By remembering him, joy and merit increase, while sin and misfortune diminish. (1) Without labor, Kali’s harsh and terrible net of defilement is cut, as masses of darkness split at sunrise. (2) Yoga, sacrifice, recitation, dispassion, austerity, and wandering to holy places are like twisting a rope of dust to bind the elephant of becoming. (3) Abandoning the divine jewel of the beautiful Name, you lunge after a gunja seed. Seeing how petty your greed is, Tulsi recoils from you. (4)